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Elections · U.S. House · Florida

2026 Florida House race, District 15

Laurel Lee (Republican) and Robert People (Democrat) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in Florida District 15, with one certified write-in, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the Florida Division of Elections.

The November ballot

Lee
$2.3M
People
$40K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

Also certified, by write-in: Angie Boone.

Official candidate list: Florida Division of Elections. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. A candidate marked write-in is certified to run and their votes count; their name is not printed on the ballot. Not a prediction.

The seat

Laurel Lee

Republican · Holds the seat now

First took office 2023 · Age 52

22
Trades disclosed
$1.1M
Estimated volume
Cosponsored H.R. 7008, the Stop Insider Trading Act

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in Florida

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026 

Register 29 days before the election.

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How they won the primary

Democratic primary

The primary · 41,409 votes

  • Robert People Won: 53.6% 22,213
  • Chris Irizarry: 46.4% 19,196

Primary results as recorded October 11, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Florida Division of Elections certified primary results. Certified August 27, 2026. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$2.4M
Outside money
$207K

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Lee$207K
Opposing Lee-
Supporting People-
Opposing People-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. No outside money is on file for or against the other name on this ballot.

Where each candidate's money comes from

<1%$3.3KSmall donors$12K30%
19%$450KLarge donors$8K20%
36%$853KPACs$200<1%
--Self-funding$17K43%
45%$1MOther$3K7%

Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Other includes money transferred in from committees the candidate authorized, such as a joint fundraising committee, which reports its own donors to the FEC: Laurel Lee $1.0M.

Who is spending on this race

The largest group spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

3 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

How this seat voted last time

R+12 in 2024

  • Laurel Lee Won: 56.2%
  • Patricia "Pat" Kemp: 43.8%

347,695 votes for candidates. The district's lines have changed since this result. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

The district

Census context
People
813K
Median household income
$72K
Unemployment
4.6%
Living below the poverty line
13.7%
Without health insurance
11.3%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate. These figures describe the district as drawn before its lines changed for 2026; estimates for the new lines are not yet published.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between July 29, 2026 and September 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.